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Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception

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dc.contributor.author Curto Tirado, Ariadna, 1987-
dc.contributor.author De Nazelle, Audrey
dc.contributor.author Donaire González, David
dc.contributor.author Cole-Hunter, Tom
dc.contributor.author García Aymerich, Judith
dc.contributor.author Martínez Muriano, David
dc.contributor.author Anaya, Esther
dc.contributor.author Rodríguez, Daniel A.
dc.contributor.author Jerrett, Michael
dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-07-21T14:49:54Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Curto A, de Nazelle A, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Cole-Hunter T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Martínez D et al. Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception. European journal of public health. 2016;26(4):717-23. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv235
dc.identifier.issn 1101-1262
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/27099
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Public bicycle-sharing initiatives can act as health enhancement strategies among urban populations. The aim of the study was to determine which attitudes and perceptions of behavioural control toward cycling and a bicycle-sharing system distinguish commuters with a different adherence to bicycle commuting. METHODS: The recruitment process was conducted in 40 random points in Barcelona from 2011 to 2012. Subjects completed a telephone-based questionnaire including 27 attitude and perception statements. Based on their most common one-way commute trip and willingness to commute by bicycle, subjects were classified into Private Bicycle (PB), public bicycle or Bicing Bicycle (BB), Willing Non-bicycle (WN) and Non-willing Non-bicycle (NN) commuters. After reducing the survey statements through principal component analysis, a multinomial logistic regression model was obtained to evaluate associations between attitudinal and commuter sub-groups. RESULTS: We included 814 adults in the analysis [51.6% female, mean (SD): age 36.6 (10.3) years]. BB commuters were 2.0 times [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.1-3.7] less likely to perceive bicycle as a quick, flexible and enjoyable mode compared to PB. BB, WN and NN were 2.5 (95% CI = 1.46-4.24), 2.6 (95% CI = 1.53-4.41) and 2.3 times (95% CI = 1.30-4.10) more likely to perceive benefits of using public bicycles (bicycle maintenance and parking avoidance, low cost and no worries about theft and vandalism) than did PB. CONCLUSION: Willing non-bicycle and public-bicycle commuters had more favourable perception toward public-shared bicycles compared to private cyclists. Hence, public bicycles may be the impetus for those willing to start bicycle commuting, thereby increasing physical activity levels.
dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the Coca-Cola Foundation; Agència de Gestió; d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR); and the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) as part of the European wide project TAPAS, which has partners in Barcelona, Basel, Copenhagen, Paris, Prague and Warsaw.
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartof European journal of public health. 2016;26(4):717-23
dc.rights © Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in European journal of public health following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Curto A, de Nazelle A, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Cole-Hunter T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Martínez D et al. Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception. European journal of public health. 2016; 26(4): 717-723. DOI 10.1093/eurpub/ckv235 is available online at: http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/4/717.long
dc.subject.other Bicicletes
dc.subject.other Serveis públics
dc.title Private and public modes of bicycle commuting: a perspective on attitude and perception
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv235
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